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a lot of time they use religion as an excuse to cloud it. in today's day and age where women are making so much progress in society the closer we come to equality, the more the men who have gotten used to being in power are freaking out flailing around trying to pass every piece of legislation that they can and just act like it's really about their morality. >> one other stunning number goes to the republican's absurd point that women are running the place, like women have all the rights the u.n. put out a report, apparently women do 66% of the work now. i don't know how they count that. that's a pretty high number. they produce 50% of the food, get 10% have the income in the world and the shocking numbers only have 1% of the property in the world. as you look at that number, you think boy if they've got a war on women globally, it seems to be working. >> yeah, i think happy international women's day. it's sad it's 2012, it's, you think things are getting better and getting better, but then we have knows numbers around the globe, we have a c
a lot of time they use religion as an excuse to cloud it. in today's day and age where women are making so much progress in society the closer we come to equality, the more the men who have gotten used to being in power are freaking out flailing around trying to pass every piece of legislation that they can and just act like it's really about their morality. >> one other stunning number goes to the republican's absurd point that women are running the place, like women have all the rights...
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our government is us. it's we the people. it is not separate from us. and if you think that we should have compassion then government help says this is who we are in our land. we don't let children go hungry. it's unacceptable. it's unacceptable for senior citizens to be denied nursing or hot meals. if you poll americans about their priorities i guarantee you they would support feeding poor children caring for seniors, and showing passion to people with disabilities. i guarantee it. those are the values in my house, my guess is they are the values in your house, but they are not the values in the rep-lead house today. in our american home we care for grandma. we don't let little ian go hungry. uncle ron gets home care cousin jeff won't have to fend for himself. he won't be on his own. that's our american family. that's who we are, and that's what our budget should reflect, who we are, and what we value. the ryan budget does not, and that is a failure for all of us and by the way, paul ryan ye who's budget proposal was informed by your catholic faith, yo
our government is us. it's we the people. it is not separate from us. and if you think that we should have compassion then government help says this is who we are in our land. we don't let children go hungry. it's unacceptable. it's unacceptable for senior citizens to be denied nursing or hot meals. if you poll americans about their priorities i guarantee you they would support feeding poor children caring for seniors, and showing passion to people with disabilities. i guarantee it. those are...
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and there's only one place you'll find us. weeknights on current tv. >> all right, we are back on the young turks. there are depressing numbers. it turns out we had the fourth wormest winter on record. we also had the fourth smallest snowfall in the last 46 years. that's as long as we've been tracking it. california had the second dryest winter on record, as well, and then later when there's wildfires here in california, of course they will say who could have seen this coming? a columbia university study the rate of how much our oceans have become acidified, the numbers are not good. we've been seeing extreme weather throughout the country. >> the blizzard of 2011 is a it. >>. today, 100 million of us grappled with the effects. highways and airports were frozen solid. the maps show the misery. >> that usually makes it difficult to walk down the street during this time of year aren't there and the sun is shining more days than expected. major changes aren't likely to happen tomorrow. scientists believe recent extreme weather pa
and there's only one place you'll find us. weeknights on current tv. >> all right, we are back on the young turks. there are depressing numbers. it turns out we had the fourth wormest winter on record. we also had the fourth smallest snowfall in the last 46 years. that's as long as we've been tracking it. california had the second dryest winter on record, as well, and then later when there's wildfires here in california, of course they will say who could have seen this coming? a columbia...
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♪ >>> thanks for joining us in "the war room." have a great night, a wonderful weekend, we'll see you back here monday night. ♪ [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> gavin: hello, and thanks for watching the show. with 81 days before the november 6th election there are incredibly important issues you need to know about but we don't often hear about. homelessness. homelessness in this country should be code red for all of us. this is not just a moral issue but an economic one. it can cost taxpayers up to $1,160,000 year. we're here with some solutions. then the economies jobs and immigration. politicians talk about fighting illegal immigration. but what about fighting to keep our educated talent from fleeing our borders. finally, meet the mayor's wife, connie nelson. she core stars with kelsey grammer's program "boss." from fiction to fact, the grim reality of america's homeless and what to do about it. here is phil migano. it's fabulous having you on. we're old friends truth be told. you worked under george bush and you find your way to sa
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here's more from the article that broke the story: cenk: remember what they used to tell us that b.s. we're only going after terrorists. so what, now the whole country is terrorists or suspected terrorists? they continue: cenk: remember when thee used to feed us that crap about oh, no, don't worry we're just listening to foreign calls. no! they're targeting domestic calls, as well. the nsa is not supposed to target domestic calls. they're supposed to look jut ward. it's looking inward, because big brother's coming for you! cenk: one more: cenk: unlimited authority! now, do you remember this guy? this is the guy who ran for office back in 2008, promising change. laugh along with me. >> this administration also puts forward a false choice between the liberties we cherish and the security we provide. i will provide law enforcement agencies with the tools they need to track to take out the terrorists without undermining our constitution and freedom. no more illegal wiretapping of american citizens. no more national security letters to spy on citizens not suspected of a crime. nothing more
here's more from the article that broke the story: cenk: remember what they used to tell us that b.s. we're only going after terrorists. so what, now the whole country is terrorists or suspected terrorists? they continue: cenk: remember when thee used to feed us that crap about oh, no, don't worry we're just listening to foreign calls. no! they're targeting domestic calls, as well. the nsa is not supposed to target domestic calls. they're supposed to look jut ward. it's looking inward, because...
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but a lot of us, could. but someone who works in a factory, works construction, works in a retail operation cleaning hotels, waiting tables, they can't work until their 70 in most cases. we have no business raising retirement age and inflicting them with that. >> how about change cpi. >> i think there may be--i don't know what the president's got to give to this crowd to get them to do what we need for more progressive taxes. that's why i don't want to close the door on anything. i don't want to change cpi. i don't want to raise the retirement age. we could raise the cap on social security. >> the payroll cap. >> yes know that the payroll cap so the upper income people would pay more. social security is not in the troubled condition that the conservatives like to say. you start off they don't like medicare and social security. from their inception conservatives don't think that government should play a role in retirement and healthcare the way social security and medicare do. they would try to come in from e
but a lot of us, could. but someone who works in a factory, works construction, works in a retail operation cleaning hotels, waiting tables, they can't work until their 70 in most cases. we have no business raising retirement age and inflicting them with that. >> how about change cpi. >> i think there may be--i don't know what the president's got to give to this crowd to get them to do what we need for more progressive taxes. that's why i don't want to close the door on anything. i...
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thank you so much for joining us. up next all of the gop primaries to this point have had one thing in common there are a hundred jokes that go with that statement, brett is next. >>no other television show does that, we're keeping it real. v it's super tuesday with live coverage and analysis from keith olberman. >>that's what we're here for. a special edition. countdown, super tuesday, with keith olberman. only on current tv. ♪ >>> just when you thought the electoral dust has settled in the great state of michigan brett just could not leave well enough alone. shhhh, brett's talking now. >> stop the presses. mitt romney did not win michigan. by my calculations voters in this kind of looks like a hand state made a decision of 5 to 1. and that was up yours i'm not voting. 84% of michigan-ders said i'm not voting. maine has 258,000 registered republicans, which mean 97% of maine voters said up yours, i'm not voting. and look at all of the other states that have voted so far. 98.5% said up yours i'm not voting 94% of co
thank you so much for joining us. up next all of the gop primaries to this point have had one thing in common there are a hundred jokes that go with that statement, brett is next. >>no other television show does that, we're keeping it real. v it's super tuesday with live coverage and analysis from keith olberman. >>that's what we're here for. a special edition. countdown, super tuesday, with keith olberman. only on current tv. ♪ >>> just when you thought the electoral...
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eliot, what have you got for us? >> eliot: we're talking about a different type of force, drones with katrina van den hoofen. does it work military taylor does it work institutionally. keith ellison in after effort to overturn citizens united and great conversation we're going to have. and then zach walls a powerful voice out of iowa about same-sex couples. and get elected if they don't on back to the middle. david catanese, political reporter at politico. and mcday coppins, political reporter for buzzfeed. when we come back, gay rights seemed to have a victory in washington. it was pulled back. the guy who pulled it back. the guy who is against gay marriage will be on the program. we will have an interesting conversation when we return. >> speaking against the vocal (vo) now, it's your turn. (vo) connect with the young turks with cenk uygur. >> it's go time.
eliot, what have you got for us? >> eliot: we're talking about a different type of force, drones with katrina van den hoofen. does it work military taylor does it work institutionally. keith ellison in after effort to overturn citizens united and great conversation we're going to have. and then zach walls a powerful voice out of iowa about same-sex couples. and get elected if they don't on back to the middle. david catanese, political reporter at politico. and mcday coppins, political...
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you talked to us about it. you didn't feel like if you had a gun it would have made any difference, it would have worsened the situation. >> cenk: my kids were in the house, all right? i have a two-month-old a 2-year-old. there's an intruder in the house. what if he's got a gun and i shoot, he shoots. where are the bullets going to go? i'll scared to death that something's going to happen to my kids. i don't want anybody shooting in the house. the cops responded in 60 seconds in one of these stories. in taft, taft is a rural area. they responded in 60 seconds. ok? wait for the cops. so, you know, look, it happens time and time again and the other stories you won't hear going forward. the n.r.a. story with the woman ststpipi the intru ir,ru yr,'lloul obably here 10 more times in the media from this day forward. you watch. appreciate it. >> we had a huge spike in crime 1960's, 1970's and 1980's. the correct they are are you is amazing. the guy who wrote the article about it will explain it all when we come back.
you talked to us about it. you didn't feel like if you had a gun it would have made any difference, it would have worsened the situation. >> cenk: my kids were in the house, all right? i have a two-month-old a 2-year-old. there's an intruder in the house. what if he's got a gun and i shoot, he shoots. where are the bullets going to go? i'll scared to death that something's going to happen to my kids. i don't want anybody shooting in the house. the cops responded in 60 seconds in one of...
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and talk to us. we got a rebuff from his office. we wrote a letter to attorney general holder asking him to reconsider this. you talk about a notch on the wall it's been said for decades that a prosecutor's job is not to rack up wins, but to do justice. i know that if attorney general holder if benjamin wagner sat down with matt and molly there's no way they can believe personally that justice is done by sending this good man to prison. >> cenk: all right. >> and in fact, it undermines legitimate sources of medical marijuana in california. >> cenk: they're embarrassed. it's tough to look molly in the face and say i'm going to send your husband to jail for five to 10 years because i want an extra notch in my belt or we're liars and we said we wouldn't prosecute these people and we are prosecuting them and we're not progressives and we're even more right wing than the bush administration when it comes to this. of course, they can't meet you face-to-face, because they're a national embarrassment. >> tha
and talk to us. we got a rebuff from his office. we wrote a letter to attorney general holder asking him to reconsider this. you talk about a notch on the wall it's been said for decades that a prosecutor's job is not to rack up wins, but to do justice. i know that if attorney general holder if benjamin wagner sat down with matt and molly there's no way they can believe personally that justice is done by sending this good man to prison. >> cenk: all right. >> and in fact, it...
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impact us. you talked about the financial transactions tax, that might be one step that they could do, but certainly not enough. >> right and that's a longer-term issue. the problem is not raising more money or slowing down hot money. there is an unsustainable position. there is 50-plus% percent youth unemployment. >> it will force the leaders to do something more concrete than just give lip service. >> i think the fact that greece is really cracking may be doing europe a favor. otherwise they would just drag on with this thing doing ever-more damage. >> well, you are very clear about all of the data. in your book you document the data about what works and what doesn't work, and the frustrations you have expressed for example, in your column today about the economists that don't seem to rely upon data about what works to get an economy under control and to create jobs. >> we just had a mammoth test of opposing views of how the economy works. there is a change in view which said that cutting gove
impact us. you talked about the financial transactions tax, that might be one step that they could do, but certainly not enough. >> right and that's a longer-term issue. the problem is not raising more money or slowing down hot money. there is an unsustainable position. there is 50-plus% percent youth unemployment. >> it will force the leaders to do something more concrete than just give lip service. >> i think the fact that greece is really cracking may be doing europe a...
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thank you so much for joining us. up next all of the gop primaries to this point have had one thing >>just refreshing to hear. >>no other television show does that, we're keeping it real. ah, claim trouble. [ dennis ] you should just switch to allstate, and get their new claim satisfaction guarantee. hey, he's right man. [ dennis ] only allstate puts their money where their mouth is. yup. [ dennis ] claim service so good, it's guaranteed. [ foreman ] so i can always count on them. unlike randy over there. that's one dumb dude. ♪ ♪ the new claim satisfaction guarantee. dollar for dollar, nobody protects you like allstate. twizzlers. the twist you can't resist. it's super tuesday with live coverage and analysis from keith olberman. >>that's what we're here for. a special edition. countdown, super tuesday, with keith olberman. only on current tv. ♪ >>> just when you thought the electoral dust has settled in the great state of michigan brett just could not leave well enough alone. shhhh, brett's talking now. >> stop
thank you so much for joining us. up next all of the gop primaries to this point have had one thing >>just refreshing to hear. >>no other television show does that, we're keeping it real. ah, claim trouble. [ dennis ] you should just switch to allstate, and get their new claim satisfaction guarantee. hey, he's right man. [ dennis ] only allstate puts their money where their mouth is. yup. [ dennis ] claim service so good, it's guaranteed. [ foreman ] so i can always count on them....
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in 2011, some 8500 americans were murdered by people using guns. among them, some of the victims of the tucson, arizona massacre that has its second anniversary today. in all six people died and 12 more were wounded at a tucson parking lot that day when a man later judged incompetent to stand trial fired on then congresswoman gabby giffords. according to the brady campaign to prevent gun violence, there have been more than 670 mass shootings in -- more than 70 mass shootings and today, less than a month after the most recent tragedy, the newtown connecticut, school shootings that claimed another 28 lives gabby gifford and her husband former astronaut mark kelly told abc news, they're ready to act. >> gabby and i are both gun owners. we are strong supporters of the second amendment. but we've got to do something to keep the guns from getting into the wrong hands. >> john: giffords and kelly have launched a new initiative that will encourage elected officials to stand up for solutions to prevent gun violence and protect responsible gun ownership by c
in 2011, some 8500 americans were murdered by people using guns. among them, some of the victims of the tucson, arizona massacre that has its second anniversary today. in all six people died and 12 more were wounded at a tucson parking lot that day when a man later judged incompetent to stand trial fired on then congresswoman gabby giffords. according to the brady campaign to prevent gun violence, there have been more than 670 mass shootings in -- more than 70 mass shootings and today, less...
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thank you for joining us. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> cenk: when we come back we'll break down newsroom as we do every monday. enjoy this one when we return. >> cenk: all right, we're back on "the young turks." you know where you can find us at all times, right? the young turks.com. after all this you should know this by now. youtube/tyt any time of the day. all the news stories are right there for you. every monday ben mankiewicz is in the house. and he joins us now with ana, jayar, and ben, what have you got? >> the "newsroom," things are moving along in the program, and this week's episode was abou about--well, a lot of it was about sexism. there was sandra fluke, and a character in the show had a relationship on wall street, she broke it off, and he posted intimate pictures of her on the internet. then there is flaggy, drinking, sleeping with a lot of men. she's in a conversation which jim, who she likes, and jim's girlfriend, new girlfriend, who was writing about sandra fluke on the "huffington pos
thank you for joining us. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> cenk: when we come back we'll break down newsroom as we do every monday. enjoy this one when we return. >> cenk: all right, we're back on "the young turks." you know where you can find us at all times, right? the young turks.com. after all this you should know this by now. youtube/tyt any time of the day. all the news stories are right there for you. every monday ben mankiewicz is in the house. and he joins...
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i used to be a lawyer. these lawsuits are going to go on for a long time. $800 trillion of debt is pegged to the libor rate. even if you move it one percentage point. you're talking big big money. what you have to understand is barclay's some days wanted to move the rate down. some days they moved it up. some days they move it to keep their traders happy. all of this is as corrupt as it could be. you know me, show me a banker, and i'll throw every nasty label at them in a second because i think that sector has done so much harm to our economy. jumping to baltimore knows the damage is big we're not there. we need to know what was bought, what swaps what the rates were, but it's a subtle issue. is this a tobacco moment for the industry? you bet. it shows they will stop at anything even respect with to the interest rate because they used it to be the foundation for every piece of that. >> cenk: barclays has admitted it. even in our graphic we have the u.k. flying in the background. but this is not just the u.k
i used to be a lawyer. these lawsuits are going to go on for a long time. $800 trillion of debt is pegged to the libor rate. even if you move it one percentage point. you're talking big big money. what you have to understand is barclay's some days wanted to move the rate down. some days they moved it up. some days they move it to keep their traders happy. all of this is as corrupt as it could be. you know me, show me a banker, and i'll throw every nasty label at them in a second because i think...
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the con sit constituents elected us and sent us here. if you want to protect that value, that level of democracy, republican or democrat, you better understand that this dark money not only corrupt, you night have a momentary victory but the inevitability is that it's about those interests. they don't care about the politics. they don't care about the party. inevitably that kind of corruption turns on whoever is playing around with it. it's to their best interest to defend the democracy and in doing so let the chips fall. >> john: indeed. there is a new poll that says 58% of americans think that the federal government actually encourages illegal immigration into the country. now granted this is rasmussen and that's a poll for people to who think fox news is non-fiction. how could people think this? is this because the government did not endorse racial profiling? >> i think the justice department did what is right. what remains to be done is i think a really serious dialogue as a supreme court admonishing congress, do your job and have a
the con sit constituents elected us and sent us here. if you want to protect that value, that level of democracy, republican or democrat, you better understand that this dark money not only corrupt, you night have a momentary victory but the inevitability is that it's about those interests. they don't care about the politics. they don't care about the party. inevitably that kind of corruption turns on whoever is playing around with it. it's to their best interest to defend the democracy and in...
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tell us briefly: how did sheila end up where she did? she went from a hard-working, business-starting individual a grandmother to being the face of the mortgage crisis. >> i heard from a lot of people this is the situation, you know, a snowball effect. there is something wrong, a health be problem or something like that. a car wreck. she started getting peppered with calls from a mortgage broker. she was a good mark, not much education, had never taken a mortgage out before she moved to florida. she had spent years in alaska and owned her house free and clear. when she got in that pipeline the subprime loan the mortgage servicer, you know made things worse. there were thelee late fees that get piled on. there is this treadmill you can't get off of. and, you know, i picked her because she -- everything happened to her that i wanted to talk about. >> just to begin with what i think is such a salie in. t point because there is a elect argument. too many people took on mortgages. some cull patienty on the borrowers. in this case, you have so
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brett thank you so much for joining us. and thank you all for joining us here in "the war room." we'll see you back here on month. go see a movie. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] into welcome to "the young turks." osama bin laden was shot in the head. should we release them? i don't know. >> obama: photos of someone being shot in the head floating around. >> cenk: let 'em go, let 'em go. and historic as usual, global warming all over the united states and now it's costing business in mississippi. and then we have a person who is an activist for the dream act and then all of a sudden her mother gets picked up by the authorities. get a look at this reaction. [ sobbing ] >> cenk: she's going to be on the show today. and then finally here we go again, another republican talking about legitimate rape. >> it is true. we tell couples all the time who are having trouble consuming because of the woman not ovulating, just relax. >> cenk: now wait until you find out the number of women who get pregnant because of rape in america. it's a stunning number. this is a stunning show. go time. [ ♪ music
brett thank you so much for joining us. and thank you all for joining us here in "the war room." we'll see you back here on month. go see a movie. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] into welcome to "the young turks." osama bin laden was shot in the head. should we release them? i don't know. >> obama: photos of someone being shot in the head floating around. >> cenk: let 'em go, let 'em go. and historic as usual, global warming all over the united states and now it's...
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whether we'll ever know, history teaches us that we will know. every president who has tried to do this by his own interpretation of the law since the intelligence community was first formed has always been pulled up short and had a very unpleasant surprise when the american people learned what they're up to. >> the gist is we do what we do know is that section 215 is read one way and the government reads it another way when they use it to spy on citizens that would make us mere citizens think that's got to be illegal but the government doesn't think so. >> yeah, 215 if you recall the debate on it, it was very alarming the time it was in the law. it's a provision in which nobody is told if they are the subject of this kind of inquery this kind of warrant that gathers information from their library records, to their bank books internet service provider, whoever it is, and the senators have seen something more striking than some of the issues that came up during the debate that has troubled them. so we're all curious to know what it is, but i don't
whether we'll ever know, history teaches us that we will know. every president who has tried to do this by his own interpretation of the law since the intelligence community was first formed has always been pulled up short and had a very unpleasant surprise when the american people learned what they're up to. >> the gist is we do what we do know is that section 215 is read one way and the government reads it another way when they use it to spy on citizens that would make us mere citizens...
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eliot, what have you got for us? >> eliot: we're talking about a different type of force, drones with katrina van den hoofen. does it work military taylor, does it work institutionally. keith ellison in after effort to overturn citizens united and great conversation we're going to have. and then zach walls a powerful voice out of iowa about same-sex couples. the new study of raising kids with same-sex couples and the progress he has made with the boy scouts. >> cenk: i'm sure the audience knows where i stand after the last segment. i love all three of those topics i can't wait. >> eliot: thanks. >> cenk: all right, and when we come back, our clown of the day, who is it going to be and why? this is awesome. you won't want to miss this. >> i love rudy eugene. >> with gloria allred at her side, yovonka bryant said she dated the so-called miami cannibal. home of the brave. ♪ ♪ it's where fear goes unwelcomed... ♪ ♪ and certain men... find a way to rise above. this is the land of giants. ♪ ♪ guts. glory. ram.
eliot, what have you got for us? >> eliot: we're talking about a different type of force, drones with katrina van den hoofen. does it work military taylor, does it work institutionally. keith ellison in after effort to overturn citizens united and great conversation we're going to have. and then zach walls a powerful voice out of iowa about same-sex couples. the new study of raising kids with same-sex couples and the progress he has made with the boy scouts. >> cenk: i'm sure the...
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peter samuelson you're joining us as well to tell us about this program that provides a college education for those in the foster care program. i should mention quickly, this is not a government program, this is a private enter prize a non-profit ucla program. >> yes it's a partnership between first star, a national charity and in this case, ucla university and we educate and house foster youth in ninth 10th, 11th and 12th grade on the ucla campus. the whole goal is that we get them so used to college that they know they're going and we get them ready for that. >> geneva, i want to talk to you in a moment after looking at the program in action. take a peek. >> the academy is a program that supports students in high school that are in foster care. >> we can dramatically increase the number of these kids who go to college and thrive. >> my parents say they don't want me. when i came here, it felt like family. this is the first time i had something. >> i have something to look forward to. i have an opportunity to get out of my group home and go back to my family. >> i do feel completely safe
peter samuelson you're joining us as well to tell us about this program that provides a college education for those in the foster care program. i should mention quickly, this is not a government program, this is a private enter prize a non-profit ucla program. >> yes it's a partnership between first star, a national charity and in this case, ucla university and we educate and house foster youth in ninth 10th, 11th and 12th grade on the ucla campus. the whole goal is that we get them so...
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let's take a listen to his zaniness. >> we used to say, we used to say as republicans it was the states and locates and we have a department of education that is consuming $100 billion, and it's back to go back to the republican roots that says we believe in abolishing the department of education. [ cheering ] >> jennifer: abolishing the department of education among a number of other things. has he moderateed his views at all over the past two years? >> senator rand paul knows how to deliver up conservative red meat, but you don't have to look farther than his endorsement of mitt romney to say he has his political future in mind. he's sticking in the middle. he's thinking--he won't say that he's thinking about '26, but you got to know that he's thinking about some political future. he has to be more moderate than his father. that's why he actually has a chance of winning and furthering on in higher office, where his father has not really been successful in that vain. >> jennifer: that's very interesting. let's say you've got three or four new tea party republican senators come november
let's take a listen to his zaniness. >> we used to say, we used to say as republicans it was the states and locates and we have a department of education that is consuming $100 billion, and it's back to go back to the republican roots that says we believe in abolishing the department of education. [ cheering ] >> jennifer: abolishing the department of education among a number of other things. has he moderateed his views at all over the past two years? >> senator rand paul...
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one inch for 90% of us. five miles for the 1% of the 1%. >> cenk: so if it trickled down it trickled down one inch from those five miles, but the opposite happened. >> in the last two years, cenk as the economy has recovered 40% of all the increased income in america was less than 16,000 households. there are 312 million of us. 16,000 households got $0.40 on the dollar of all of the increased income in america. >> cenk: i have one more number on that. increased income gains, the top 10% got 149% of the gains as you look at that david, i think a lot of people are saying how is that even possible? >> because the bottom 90% have less. when george bush was pushing his tax plan in 2000 he said everybody will be better off, you'll make more money, we'll have more taxes come in. total income in this country at the end of his term was down by the equivalent of $20,000 per family on average. the tax revenues the federal government was getting adjusted for inflation, down 36%, and with the problems that obama inherite
one inch for 90% of us. five miles for the 1% of the 1%. >> cenk: so if it trickled down it trickled down one inch from those five miles, but the opposite happened. >> in the last two years, cenk as the economy has recovered 40% of all the increased income in america was less than 16,000 households. there are 312 million of us. 16,000 households got $0.40 on the dollar of all of the increased income in america. >> cenk: i have one more number on that. increased income gains,...
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you don't talk unless you agree with us. >> cenk: hmm, if you don't talk, if you don't agree with us, bill, i guess that makes fox news fascist? >> boy it sounds like it to me. they're very good at name calling, communist socialist, fascist. they don't know what the words mean. they just throw them out there. here is my answer to every one of these guys. if they like the ""star spangled banner"" so much and we'll start with bill o'reilly. he can sing it right now all four verses, and then michelle malkin, god bless america. that's what i say to that. >> cenk: please don't do that. i love this country too much. bill press, 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. eastern. thanks. >> thanks. >> cenk: let's question some of the things that we are doing in the united states of america. why we want to make the country better. one of the things we're going to talk about is our strikes and what should we do in syria. what is the progressive position on that? that's a good question and we'll tackle that when we come back. >> there is not concern either for, without getting into. >>somebody somewhere can listen
you don't talk unless you agree with us. >> cenk: hmm, if you don't talk, if you don't agree with us, bill, i guess that makes fox news fascist? >> boy it sounds like it to me. they're very good at name calling, communist socialist, fascist. they don't know what the words mean. they just throw them out there. here is my answer to every one of these guys. if they like the ""star spangled banner"" so much and we'll start with bill o'reilly. he can sing it right now...
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some of us don't drive pry uses. the race and gender of the conservative pundit on the show. >> of course they pick a white guy to be the republican. >> wherever did they get that idea? but my favorite criticism is of something at the show's core impassioned speeches about the importance of an informed populace. >> if you've ever seen a newsroom in action no one is stopping to give these full speeches, these self important believating, guys we should stop and think about whether or not we have courage to run a story like this. >> can i ask you a question? do you think that's maybe just true of the news rooms you have been in? because maybe if you had those conversations, i wouldn't turn on my television and see you telling stories like this. and there she comes and the cub is saying, gets your ass out of here. >> it takes a lot of courage to run the bear story. i am done talking now. >> thanks for joining us here on the war room. tomorrow, the supreme court is going to rule on healthcare, and we are going to have the
some of us don't drive pry uses. the race and gender of the conservative pundit on the show. >> of course they pick a white guy to be the republican. >> wherever did they get that idea? but my favorite criticism is of something at the show's core impassioned speeches about the importance of an informed populace. >> if you've ever seen a newsroom in action no one is stopping to give these full speeches, these self important believating, guys we should stop and think about...
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if you're not in it with us, ok, then i guess you're not in it with us. >> here you have an example of senators basically gaming the system. they can be against it, because they know when push comes to shove, it's going to come anyway. cenk: exactly. >> i think further, the problem here is that, and i think it's problem largely object the righted, but there are a examples on the left. when you do have situations and have republican senators saying things that seem beyond the appeal, there is no accountability, no price to pay because as your guest from mediate said, they don't seem to like it, don't see the connection. the rest of us would like to have actions held to account that. it's not going to happen. it hasn't happened with other controversies around washington, because the red states seem to like this and there's a disconnect that nobody can seem to bridge and make abissue for them to decide yay or nay on. cenk: they get a third amount, oklahoma does, third most disaster relief in the country but their senators always vote no when it comes to other states. there's no accountabi
if you're not in it with us, ok, then i guess you're not in it with us. >> here you have an example of senators basically gaming the system. they can be against it, because they know when push comes to shove, it's going to come anyway. cenk: exactly. >> i think further, the problem here is that, and i think it's problem largely object the righted, but there are a examples on the left. when you do have situations and have republican senators saying things that seem beyond the appeal,...
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a minute, you just told everybody who loaned to you before including us that you can't pay us. we can pay the interest but that isn't the best way to go to the credit markets isn't -- is it? >> john: trisha, when you consider this might be a feasible option for the president purely as a bargaining chip against the on stinnate republicans in the house and senate. >> i think it is a bargaining chip as long as it is very clear that he doesn't cave in to their demands and that he's willing to hold it really at bay. in other words, we have to keep the coin in his back pocket. not the least of which so he doesn't spend it by mistake. the main thing there is to try to force the political process to address the real situation. but you know, the little bit i've read on this. it is a very complicated issue. the former mint treasury director phillip doesn't seem to think this is a terribly dangerous or problematic activity. it is both legal and according to him it does not in fact, hold long-term risk. now, you know, people are going to debate this politically back and forth but i think t
a minute, you just told everybody who loaned to you before including us that you can't pay us. we can pay the interest but that isn't the best way to go to the credit markets isn't -- is it? >> john: trisha, when you consider this might be a feasible option for the president purely as a bargaining chip against the on stinnate republicans in the house and senate. >> i think it is a bargaining chip as long as it is very clear that he doesn't cave in to their demands and that he's...
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they'll always use it against you. we'll have a discussion on whether this line of attack on welfare is not only a lie but also racist. we'll show you the progression of what republicans mean by a line of welfare attacks. don't miss that when we return. >> you wouldn't have to work and wouldn't have to train for a job. they just send you your welfare check. >> cenk: now the last thing we were telling you about was an ad that the romney campaign was running, president obama, he wants to put everybody back on welfare. that's not the only ad they're running. they're also running this one. >> in 1996 president clinton and a bipartisan congress developed welfare the way as we know it by requiring work for welfare. but obama has gutted welfare. under obama you would not have to work or train for a job: mitt romney will restore the work requirement because it works. >> cenk: you look at that and say, look, they're doing an attack on him because he's liberal, and they don't want anyone to look etc. is there really a racial ang
they'll always use it against you. we'll have a discussion on whether this line of attack on welfare is not only a lie but also racist. we'll show you the progression of what republicans mean by a line of welfare attacks. don't miss that when we return. >> you wouldn't have to work and wouldn't have to train for a job. they just send you your welfare check. >> cenk: now the last thing we were telling you about was an ad that the romney campaign was running, president obama, he wants...
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what have you got for us tonight? >> jennifer: the president has taken off the gloves on tariffs over american cars and china. we're going to tell people why it is a critical move to bolster the american middle class and to create jobs in the u.s. we're going to look at that. we're going to follow the bus tour and check out how the president is betting on america. we've got michigan congressman gary peters who is my guest. that's the congressman in whose district chrysler is headquartered. we'll look at the battle for ohio as well. we'll have some fun with mitt romney's art of the flip-flop which i know you have taken on tonight as well. we have a lot going on in "the war room" at the top of the hour >> eliot: mitt the gymnast. i want him on the olympic team. floor routine is the best i've seen. man, i'm impressed by that guy. if only he stood for something he could be qualified to be president. >> jennifer: thanks, eliot. nice to talk to you. [ applause ] >> when someone stumbles across the show, it usually doesn't e
what have you got for us tonight? >> jennifer: the president has taken off the gloves on tariffs over american cars and china. we're going to tell people why it is a critical move to bolster the american middle class and to create jobs in the u.s. we're going to look at that. we're going to follow the bus tour and check out how the president is betting on america. we've got michigan congressman gary peters who is my guest. that's the congressman in whose district chrysler is...
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joining us today. ryan grimm, washington bureau chief for the "huffington post"ing, dalia lithwick, senior editor for "the slate"; ari berman, contributor for "the nation." god i love these power panels. it's great toe see all of you again and great to have you on the show again. our topic today is are republicans restarting the southern strategy. one is redirecting, another is disenfranchising felons. tell us why you think that might be disenfranchising minority voters. >> in though south they have concentrated the democratic vote in these heavily majority/minority districts as a way to maximize the republican vote elsewhere. so they have ghetto-ized the counties, and this is an intensely racial strategy that definitely has echos of the kind of strategy that nixon and atwater were so effective at putting forward. it's meant to make the republican party, the, quote unquote, white party, and the democratic party, the, quote unquote, black party. >> it worked well for nixon, and i asked about this to pat
joining us today. ryan grimm, washington bureau chief for the "huffington post"ing, dalia lithwick, senior editor for "the slate"; ari berman, contributor for "the nation." god i love these power panels. it's great toe see all of you again and great to have you on the show again. our topic today is are republicans restarting the southern strategy. one is redirecting, another is disenfranchising felons. tell us why you think that might be disenfranchising minority...
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that brings us to the number of the day--three. the third highest debate research term last night was malarky. that c characterized the whole evening. it became this week's big board. an old slang word of possibly greek or irish origin meaning deceptive talk or nonsense, and paul ryan, shall we say was full of it. joe biden said malarky the first time when ryan mentioned defense cuts and mentioned that ryan's budget cuts embassy security $300 million. and then when saying obama opposed sanctions when obama administration tightened sanctions. and sometimes [ voice of dennis ] ...safe driving bonus check? every six months without an accident, allstate sends a check. ok. [ voice of dennis ] silence. are you in good hands? [ crowd cheers ] [ male announcer ] clay matthews is turning the nfl upside-down. turn your world upside down with gillette fusion proglide because you can shave against the grain with comfort. only proglide has gillette's thinnest blades for less tug and pull, so you can shave against the grain comfortably. fusion p
that brings us to the number of the day--three. the third highest debate research term last night was malarky. that c characterized the whole evening. it became this week's big board. an old slang word of possibly greek or irish origin meaning deceptive talk or nonsense, and paul ryan, shall we say was full of it. joe biden said malarky the first time when ryan mentioned defense cuts and mentioned that ryan's budget cuts embassy security $300 million. and then when saying obama opposed...
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thank you for joining us. let's touch on occupy, a movement that changes, transformed our politics last fall. sort of went into a hibernation over the winter. what role do you think it could can, should, might play in framing the presidential debate? >> well, first of all i don't speak occupy wall street. i try to speak up for occupy wall street when they come under attack. clearly we were headed to a disaster. both parties were talking about austerity and cutbacks back in august, the grass tops could in the stop them. nobody could stop them. both political parties were going for some grand bargain that was not going to be grand or a bargain for working families. these folks showed up in tents and sleeping bagged and obliterated the austerity monopoly and now we can talk about wall street run amok, politics and the widening gap of haves and have nots in our country. i'm excited to see what they're going to do tomorrow. for those who are big fans of occupy it's a chance to talk about how we begin to solve some
thank you for joining us. let's touch on occupy, a movement that changes, transformed our politics last fall. sort of went into a hibernation over the winter. what role do you think it could can, should, might play in framing the presidential debate? >> well, first of all i don't speak occupy wall street. i try to speak up for occupy wall street when they come under attack. clearly we were headed to a disaster. both parties were talking about austerity and cutbacks back in august, the...
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show us the tax returns. otherwise we have to believe that obviously you're trying to avoid taxes by keeping them in the cayman island bermuda switzerland, etc. did you pay taxes some of those years. i would bet a lot of money that you didn't pay taxes some of those years. we have with us former governor of philadelphia and a counter author of "a nation of wusses." ed rendell. it's been a long time. great to have you with us. >> nice to talk with you cenk. interestingly, one of the chapters of my book is devoted to the gun issue. no one with the exception of president clinton and the assault weapons ban, no one has had the courage to confront this issue. the ironry of it is that it's not that hard of an issue to confront. we're all scared of the nra. we don't realize that the american people have common sense. did you see the recent cap poll where 71% of gun owners and nra members believe that no one should get a gun without a background check? meaning that they're all in favor of doing away with the gun show
show us the tax returns. otherwise we have to believe that obviously you're trying to avoid taxes by keeping them in the cayman island bermuda switzerland, etc. did you pay taxes some of those years. i would bet a lot of money that you didn't pay taxes some of those years. we have with us former governor of philadelphia and a counter author of "a nation of wusses." ed rendell. it's been a long time. great to have you with us. >> nice to talk with you cenk. interestingly, one of...
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so, what are us flesh and blood types going to do about it? human brains haven't gotten all that much smarter in hundreds of thousands of years. computers by contrast, in the last half century, have doubled their computational power every two years. a future where computers can no longer be controlled by us could be pretty dark for humanity. or, it can bring untold breakthroughs. some futurists beleive that humans will be able to achieve immortality by downloading our brains into machine bodies like files on a hard drive. either way, diamandes says he'll be ready. scion: what moves you. sir... excuse me, excuse me... can i get you to sign off on the johnson case... ♪ we built this city! ♪ don't let food hang around. ♪ on rock & roll! ♪ [ orbit trumpet plays ] clean it up with orbit! [ ding! ] fabulous! for a good clean feeling... eat. drink. chew orbit. ♪ >> all right. we are back on "the young turks." george zimmerman was in court today. his lawyer, the special prosecutor, and zimmerman was there obviously. i want to show you a clip
so, what are us flesh and blood types going to do about it? human brains haven't gotten all that much smarter in hundreds of thousands of years. computers by contrast, in the last half century, have doubled their computational power every two years. a future where computers can no longer be controlled by us could be pretty dark for humanity. or, it can bring untold breakthroughs. some futurists beleive that humans will be able to achieve immortality by downloading our brains into machine bodies...
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keeping us safe, giving us a future with health care, and equality for all. that's the job we're hiring people to do, and if any elected official can focus on that i think the american people are very forgiven and we all make mistakes. >> michael: we don't want to see hypocrisy anywhere in american politics. i want to change heres to something you and i have been talking about really all year long and that is sexual assault in the military. chuck hagel announced that the dod sexual assault prevention workers are exempt from the furloughs because of sequestration. how important is that? >> it's extremely important that they have spoken out on this issue to have a white house meeting on the topic of military sexual assault is really a milestone, and it says to the women and men who have been assaulted in the military, your commander in chief cares deeply about this issue, and i think it's very important that the secretary use whatever he is aloud under sequestration to get this done. but whether you are talking about sexual assault, or oklahoma, sequestration i
keeping us safe, giving us a future with health care, and equality for all. that's the job we're hiring people to do, and if any elected official can focus on that i think the american people are very forgiven and we all make mistakes. >> michael: we don't want to see hypocrisy anywhere in american politics. i want to change heres to something you and i have been talking about really all year long and that is sexual assault in the military. chuck hagel announced that the dod sexual...
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thanks for being with us radially. a question jthere has been a frightening up tick in the number of paramilitary forces over the past 20 years. in 199050% had a s.w.a.t. team and in 2005 the number has climbed to 80%. what is this all about? >> well, there are a lot of policies driving this trend, but, you know, without getting into the sentiment that is driving it is the war on drugs our policy makers declaring war on all kinds of things, like drugs, crime. so they set policies that are war like and that mentality filters down to police at the local level, who if you strain cops like soldiers, and arm them like soldiers and dress them like soldiers they are going to start to adopt the mentality of soldiers. soldier's mission is basically to kill people or annihilate a foreign enemy, and the job of the police officer is to protect and serve. >> david: radially, it's david sirota how do these towns justify having thesing kinds of s.w.a.t. teams. >> well, when a small town gets this equipment, they want to use it, so th
thanks for being with us radially. a question jthere has been a frightening up tick in the number of paramilitary forces over the past 20 years. in 199050% had a s.w.a.t. team and in 2005 the number has climbed to 80%. what is this all about? >> well, there are a lot of policies driving this trend, but, you know, without getting into the sentiment that is driving it is the war on drugs our policy makers declaring war on all kinds of things, like drugs, crime. so they set policies that are...
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was in office, you're either with us or you're against us. now the right is going how dare obama say we sacrifice our personal needs for the group effort, for the good of the team >> they make such a big deal about fiscal responsibility and bill clinton balanced the budget. as you'll remember, fox news in the late '90s was nothing but them praising bill clinton. never said a bad word. >> john: bill clinton is the real fiscal conservative. moving on to something we can all agree on regardless of their political persuasions, tsa is getting rid of the body scanners ending the virtual strip searches is. this really a software issue or did they realize they hadn't studied the long-term health effects of having radiation touch all of your organs at once? >> i'm upset about it because those full body scans are the most action i get. >> the most attention my body gets. >> i'm going to be lonelier than ever now. >> people were outraged. you start reading the articles, they should be outraged. it is radiation. because they're revealing our body parts.
was in office, you're either with us or you're against us. now the right is going how dare obama say we sacrifice our personal needs for the group effort, for the good of the team >> they make such a big deal about fiscal responsibility and bill clinton balanced the budget. as you'll remember, fox news in the late '90s was nothing but them praising bill clinton. never said a bad word. >> john: bill clinton is the real fiscal conservative. moving on to something we can all agree on...
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this deal still kicks ass for us. we'll cut the living hell out of what we call entitlements, social security and medicare and medicaid. lloyd blankfein listen to what he said about so-called indictmentment. >> you'll have to lower people's expectations the entitlements and what people think they're going to get because it's not going--they're not going to get it. >> cenk: you're not going to get it. i'm going to get it. that's lloyd blankfein. this is the guy whose company took $10 billion in federal bailout and an extra $14 billion through back door bailouts of aig. in the last quarter--that's just a quarter of the year they made $8.4 billion. how much of that did the u.s. taxpayer get for bailing their ass out? none of it. we got the initial $10 billion mac. we did not get the back door bailout back. we did not get a piece of that company. finally look at his salary were last year. it will probably be higher than this year, $16.4 million. so he gets the bailouts from the government i am entitled. i have an expectat
this deal still kicks ass for us. we'll cut the living hell out of what we call entitlements, social security and medicare and medicaid. lloyd blankfein listen to what he said about so-called indictmentment. >> you'll have to lower people's expectations the entitlements and what people think they're going to get because it's not going--they're not going to get it. >> cenk: you're not going to get it. i'm going to get it. that's lloyd blankfein. this is the guy whose company took $10...
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joining us now to tell us why this is the first oil industry veteran who is author of "disaster on the horizon" and founder and editor of "the daily hurricane." bob, thanks for coming back and spending time with us again. is there any question in your mind that senior executives at bp knew that the order of magnitude of oil gushing into the gulf was far greater than they were admitting to the public? >> eliot, there's no doubt. the one thing that is important to understand about the oil and gas industry when there's a major event is that after knowing if there are any injuries or casualties the next thing the chief executive officer wants to know are -- executive wants to know is how bad was the damage. so i have no doubt in my mind that the bp executives new the numbers that the engineer kurt mix was putting out. kurt mix's emails early on why is that so important in terms of both the damages that can be paid, the environmental damage and how you address the magnitude and how you fix it. tell us why that volume number is so critical. >> the volume number is critical at the time of the
joining us now to tell us why this is the first oil industry veteran who is author of "disaster on the horizon" and founder and editor of "the daily hurricane." bob, thanks for coming back and spending time with us again. is there any question in your mind that senior executives at bp knew that the order of magnitude of oil gushing into the gulf was far greater than they were admitting to the public? >> eliot, there's no doubt. the one thing that is important to...